Speed signs with tell motorists off when they break the limit are set to be introduced in a Lincolnshire village.

Sleaford Town Council will plant 25 speed awareness signs across the town and two electronic Speed Indication Devices, which flash up a warning when motorist break the limit, will be placed on Grantham Road and Willoughby Road, Greylees.

Danny Hunt, 35, who is the manager of Greylees Convenience Store, said he hopes they will encourage motorists to cut their speed, as there are too many unnecessary crashes in the town.

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He said: "I have seen accidents with people trying to turn into the driveway and into the garage here then people smash into them.

"It happens more often than we would like.

"There is a bus stop on this side of the road and schoolchildren gather there and there is also an alley way to Greylees over the road.

"They are trying to get across a 50 mile per hour road to get to the bus stop."

He added he has also seen people over take on the level crossing nearby on a blind corner doing more than 50 miles per hour.

"Once in the space of two weeks we have had the exact same accident. Three cars shunted into each other as someone was breaking into the garage and bumped into by two cars." Mr Hunt said.

"Speed cameras will stop people or a crossing - that would be a solution.

"If anything can be done to help the speed then I am all for it."

The Community Speed Watch initiative will take place throughout Sleaford over the next two weeks and signs will be put on lampposts on Lincoln Road, East Road, Boston Road, Clay Hill Road, Rookery Avenue, Grantham Road, Town Road Quarrington and Willoughby Road, Greylees.

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Sleaford Town Councillor David Suiter said some of the signs are going to be moved around to target speeding across the town.

He said: "It's designed to protect people from fast moving vehicles.

"The idea is to encourage best behaviour and alert people to what speed they are moving at.

"It leads to greater road safety and avoids a potential child being killed and it also looks at reaction speeds and encourages slower speeds."

He added the locations have been chosen near schools and places that councillors found signs were needed.

"It is doing people a favour. When the first person reduces their driving speed the second driver will reduce speed and others are forced to follow.

"Hopefully people will modify their behaviour."

A statement on the town council Facebook page said: "Two electronic DF11 Speed Indication Devices (SIDs) have also been purchased and these will be placed initially on Grantham Road and Willoughby Road, Greylees.